Beeswax Christmas Decorations

I love beeswax, I love the smell, the feel, the colour, the warmth, just everything about it. So why not include some in my Christmas decorating? Not only is is a truly beautiful, natural product but it's also reasonably priced, very versatile and supports bee keepers - see my modelling beeswax recipe.

Beeswax gets very hot when melted so this is probably one best left to older children and adults.

To make your beeswax Christmas decorations you will first need to prepare some cookie cutters for pouring the wax into, place your cookie cutters onto a heatproof surface (a baking sheet or plate) lined with baking/greaseproof paper. Then using cotton, string or wool make a loop for the decoration to hang from and place with the tied end just under the edge of the cookie cutter so that it will set in the wax.

 

 

Next you need to melt your wax, do this by melting in a heatproof bowl over a pan of boiling water or double boiler. I used 30g/1oz of wax to make these 2 small decorations. Once the wax has completely melted, with your fingers, press down the edges of the cookie cutters firmly onto the plate with one hand whilst carefully pouring the wax into the cookie cutter, keep firmly pressing down the cookie cutter for 30 seconds or so, so that a thin layer of wax has set at the bottom preventing the wax from leaking out. Repeat until all of your shapes are filled. You may want to wear rubber gloves to protect your fingers during pouring. Before the wax sets you can add embellishments if you wish, I sprinkled glitter on mine but you could also try something like gems, mirror tiles or beads. The beeswax will set fairly quickly depending on the size of your decoration and temperature, (if your kitchens as cold as mine it only takes 3 minutes. Brrrr!) so when you are confident that they have set push them out and they are ready to hang. I hope that you give these a try and find them as fun and easy as I did.